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#EEC405

#eec405 ≈ Jonquil

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#eec405 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 93.33% red, 76.86% green and 1.96% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 17.65% magenta, 97.9% yellow and 6.67% black. Its hue angle is 49.18°, with 95.88% saturation and 47.65% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 12.53:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Jonquil (#f4ca16), ΔE 1.45.

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Relative luminance0.5767

Complementary

  1. #eec405
  2. #052fee

Split complementary

  1. #eec405
  2. #05a4ee
  3. #4f05ee

Analogous

  1. #ee4f05
  2. #eec405
  3. #a4ee05

Triadic

  1. #eec405
  2. #05eec4
  3. #c405ee

Tetradic

  1. #eec405
  2. #2fee05
  3. #052fee
  4. #c405ee

Square

  1. #eec405
  2. #05ee4f
  3. #052fee
  4. #ee05a4

Monochromatic

  1. #584902
  2. #a38603
  3. #eec405
  4. #fbda44
  5. #fde98f

Shades

#eec405 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #eec405
  2. #d6b005
  3. #be9d04
  4. #a78904
  5. #8f7603
  6. #776203
  7. #5f4e02
  8. #473b02
  9. #302701
  10. #181401
  11. #000000

Tints

#eec405 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #eec405
  2. #f0ca1e
  3. #f1d037
  4. #f3d650
  5. #f5dc69
  6. #f7e282
  7. #f8e79b
  8. #faedb4
  9. #fcf3cd
  10. #fdf9e6
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#eec405 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #eec405
  2. #e3bd11
  3. #d8b61e
  4. #cdb02a
  5. #c2a936
  6. #b7a243
  7. #ac9b4f
  8. #a1945b
  9. #968e67
  10. #8b8774
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.68:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 12.53:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #c8c8c8 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #d8c69f ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #dbc100 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #e6cd21 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffb2a7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #e3c200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #e9c919 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #fbba84 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-eec405 {
  color: #eec405;
}
Background
.bg-eec405 {
  background-color: #eec405;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-eec405 {
  border: 2px solid #eec405;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #eec405;
  --color-primary-rgb: 238 196 5;
  --color-primary-hsl: 49 96% 48%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-eec405 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eec405, #a4ee05);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-eec405 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(238 196 5 / 0.35);
}

#f4ca16 Jonquil ΔE 1.45 #f4c430 Saffron ΔE 2.66 #ffcc33 Sunglow ΔE 3.67 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 3.76 #fcc200 Golden Poppy ΔE 4.04 #ffc40c Mikado Yellow ΔE 4.35 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.61 #113bfa Inverted #c8c8c8 Grayscale 

Jonquil
#eec405  rgb(238, 196, 5)  hsl(49, 96%, 48%)  Jonquil
#052fee  rgb(5, 47, 238)  hsl(229, 96%, 48%)  Blue
#05eec4  rgb(5, 238, 196)  hsl(169, 96%, 48%)  Aquamarine
#c405ee  rgb(196, 5, 238)  hsl(289, 96%, 48%)  Electric Purple